Vise



Feb. 9 1926.

A. F. FLORENCE VISE Filed Feb. 5, 1925 m WM 0 m7 My Mm m w my? Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES V 1,572,279- PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT F. FLORENCE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TOLEO G. BECKER, OF KANSAS CITY, MIS$OUIRIL VISE.

Application filed February 3, 1925. Serial, No. 6,525.

7 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT F. FLORENCE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Vices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in vises. V

It is particularly adapted for forcing shafts, from collars, rings or bearings, which are tightly fitted thereon. It is well adapted for forcing armature shafts out of ring bearings, which are tightly fitted thereon.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a novel vise of the kind described, which is simple, cheap, strong, durable, not liable to get out of order, and with which an armature shaft may be very quickly forced out of a ring bearing tightly fitted thereon.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of my improved vise;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing a shaft mounted on the vise in position for. extracting the shaft from a ring bearing fitted thereon;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a fragmental vertical sectional view of-the vise, in which the shaft supporting plate is used, when the ring bearing on the shaft is a roller bearing; and

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, The lower side of thebase is provided. with a transverse rib 3, adapted to hear at its rear sides against the bench.

The base 1 isprovidedwlth two upright parallel walls 4, respectively provided on their inner sides with two oppositely disposed vertical guides, which may be two vertical grooves 5. I

The base 1 is provided with a forward eX- tensi'o'n having a longitudinalthreaded hole of a bench or other suitable support.

6, in which is fitted a screw '7 having the usual slidable handle 8 mounted therein. The base is provided with a transverse guiding groove 9, which is in alinement transversely with the grooves, and which is adapted to receive therein a transverse slidable wedge 10 having an inclined upper surface 11, adapted to bear against the lower inclined edge of a clamping plate 12, the upper edge of which is provided with an arcuate notch 13,, adapted to receive a ring hearing or collar 14, tightly fitted on a shaft 15, which may be an armature shaft.

Slidable in the guiding grooves 5 is an upper clamping plate 16, the lower edge of which is provided with an. arcuate notch 17 adapted to receive the bearing 14. The plates 12 and 16 are respectively provided on their inner sides to the arcu-ate recesses 18 adapted to receive the adjacent end of the winding of an armature having the shaft 15.

For forcing theclamping plate 16 downwardly,it has in its upper edge a recess 19 adapted to receive therein the lower ends of a screw 20, which is fitted in a vertical threaded hole provided in a transverse plate 21, which is mounted on the top of the walls 4. The screw 20 1nay have the usual slidable handle 22. r

The transverse plate 21 is pivotally mountedon a bolt 23, fitted in a threaded hole 24, in the upper edge of one of the walls 4. The other wall 4 is provided in its upper edge with a similar threaded hole 45, in which is fitted a clamping screw 26, adapted ,to pass intoa notch 27, Fig. 1, which is provided in the front edgeand adjacent to one end of the transverse plat-e21.

In the operation of the invention, the ring bearing is placed in the arcuate groove 13 of the plate 12, and the wedge 10 is driven to the left, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to lift the ring bearing 14, and with it the armature shaft 15 until the latter is in axial alinement with the screw7. The screw 20 is then turned so asto force the plate 16 downwardly so as to clamp the ring bearing 14 tightly against the plate 12. The screw 7 is then turned in a direction such that the reduced inner end of the screw, which engages the sl1aft15 will force the latter out of the bearing 14, said reduced end being small to pass through the bearing 14.

.When the shaft 1.5 is provided with a roller bearing 28, such jasis shown inFig.

Figs. 4 and 5, is slid into the groovesS, as

shown in Fig. 4. The plate 29 has an inclined lower edge adapted to have the wedge '10 bear against it. The upper edge of the plate 29 is provided with a slot 30, which is adapted to receive therethrough the shaft 15, but

which is not wide enough to permit the passage therethrough of the ring hearing 28, which is disposed in a recess 31 provided in the outer side of the plate The wedge 9 is then operated'to. lift the plate, 29 and with itthe shaft 15, until the latter is axially alined with the screw 7. The latter is then turnediso as to force the shaft 1.5. to the left, as viewedin Fig. 4, so as to force, the shaft out of the roller bearing 28.

IVhen the plates 12 and 16 are again to be used, the plate 29 is removed, and the plates 1-2 and 16 substituted therefor'inthe positions in Fig; 3, after which the plate 21 is swung. to the position shown in Fig. 1, following which the bolts 23 and126 are tightened, and the deviceis then operated as .described in the first. instance. 7 r a I; do not limit ny/inventi onto the.structure shown I V I r fications', within the scope of the appended claims, maybe inade without departing from thespirit ofniy invention.

That I claim is zl I I 1. In: a visevof the hind described, a base adapted to. beinountedon a rsuitahle support and having oppositely disposed vertical guides, and provided with a longitudinal threaded hole and atransverse guide, a. screw fitted in said threaded hole, a supporting plate slidahly mounted insaidivertica-l guides and adapted tosuppor-t asha ft end alii ewent with said. screw and; to engageand held .a ring or a bearing tightly fitted on said. shat-t, when the latter is forced endwise by the screw, said plate having an inclined: lower edge, and a wedge mounted in said transverse guide, and having an inclined surface for .sl i-dable engagement with the inclined edge of said plagte, by which the latter is fgi-rciedupwardly, when the wedge is driven in the proper direction.

2.- In avise the kind descrihec, ahase having twooppositely. disposed ver icai guides and' having alongitudinally threaded hole, plateslidable insaid guides and having an. inclinedv lower edge and adapted to receive andsupport oniitsupper edge a ring or hearing tightly fitted one sha tt withthe latter in; endw-ise aline nent with said screw, an upper plate slidable insaid guides and adaptedto have its lower edge engage and iclainp said'rli ng or bearing,1neans for forcling downwardly. said: upper-j plate, and .a

Wedge -adapted to be mounted transversely described, asinany inodihaving two oppositely disposed vertical guides and a transverse guide, a lower plate having an inclined lower edge and adapted to support a ring or hearing, tightly fitted on a shaft, with the latter in, aliuenicut with a threaded hole with which the base is provided, a sCl'ewi fitted in, said hole and adapted to bear against said shaft, at the ad.-

j acent end thereof, an upper clamping plate slidahle in said vertical guides and adaptef to have its low-er edge fcla npingly engage the upper side ot'said' ring'or bearing, a transverse plate mounted on said base, a screw fitted inn vertical threaded hole with which said plate is provided and'adapted to bear at its lower end against. said upper clamping plate, anda wedge slidable in said transverse guide and having an "inclined upper edge adapted to engage the inclined lower edge of said lower plate tortorcingtheflatter upwardlyfwhensaid wedge is driven in the transverse guide inthe proper direction. 1 e

4:. In a vise of the kind described, a base having. two oppositely disposed vertical guides and a tran verse guide and a longi tudinal hole,a lower clamping plate slidable in the vertical guides and adapted to claim ingly support a ring orbearing tightly fittedon a shait and ,tolioldthe latter inc-11d. alineinent with said longitudinal hole, the latter being threaded, a screw fitted in said hole and adapted to bear against the, adjacent end of said shaft to force the latter from said ring. or hearing when the screw s turned in the proper. direction, anupper clamping plate sl'idabl'e in said w a l guide and adapted to have its lower edge clampingly engage, said r ng or hearing a transverse plate pivoted adjacent to one end on a vertical axis and'ha'ving an edge S1011,

a clainping bolt adapted to pass through said slot and to releasably hold said .tlansverse plate in thetransveise position against said base said transverse plate had-mg a threaded vertical. hole extending tl'u-rrcthrough, aclainp ingscrew fitted in said hole and vhaving its lower end adapted to engage and force downwardly said upper clamping a and a wedge adapted to be nounted in said transverse guide and: having an inclined upper surface adapted to slid-ably cngage the inclined lower edge of said. lower plate for forcing thcdatter upwardly, when the wedge is driven lengthwise'in the pro icr direction. 1

In testimonynwherco-t I have signed i'ny liua nc to this pecification. 

